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By the time Tennessee and Missouri begin play Saturday afternoon, the Volunteers will probably have a keen sense for how another SEC game of material importance, being played 565 miles away, might turn out.Florida and LSU are scheduled to kick off in Baton Rouge a good 2 1/2 hours before the Vols (7-3, 3-3 SEC) and Mizzou (3-7, 1-5 SEC) kick off at 3:30 p.m. ET at Neyland Stadium in Knoxville.The Vols have a vested interest in the outcome of the LSU-Florida redo -- shifted on the calendar and from Gainesville -- affair because they need the Gators to lose their conference finale to have a shot at gaining a share of the East Division title and a berth in the SEC Championship Game.But Vols coach Butch Jones said players wont be scoreboard watching when they take on Mizzou.In terms of scoreboard watching, we dont ever look up at the scoreboard, Jones said. Thats kind of our mindset. You just keep your head down and you keep playing.His players need to be concerned only with things they can control, he said.Thats out of our hands, he said of the Florida-LSU game. Were playing a very team thats coming in here with a lot of momentum, very, very explosive, and its going to take all of our focus and concentration on playing Missouri.With their win last week over Kentucky, the Vols got back to .500 in conference play and now need wins over Mizzou and Vanderbilt their next two games to finish 5-3 in the conference. If the Gators lose at LSU, they also would end up 5-3, and the Vols hold the tiebreaker to get to the title game, where they would face No. 1 Alabama. The unbeaten Crimson Tide already has clinched the West.The Vols go into their final home game unranked in the media and coaches polls after once reaching as high as No. 9 in the country. But consecutive losses to Texas A&M, Alabama, and South Carolina knocked them out of the Top 25. They are No. 19 in the latest College Football Playoff rankings but were among teams also receiving votes in this weeks media and coaches polls.Their unranked status doesnt bother Jones.Thats one of those things that we cant control, he said. The only way we can control it is to keep winning.I am proud of this football team and everything that it has accomplished. Weve played the most difficult schedule, No. 1 in the country, and were 7-3. Were playing meaningful games in November, and thats what its all about.Injuries have had a major impact on the Vols. Jones noted that the Vols have lost five defensive starters since the season began and have started eight different combinations in the secondary.Its pretty hard to be consistent when you have that and when you look at the number of players who have missed games, Jone said. I dont know if there as ever been a season like this in football.The game against Missouri will feature a matchup of two of the leagues most productive quarterbacks, at least when it comes to producing touchdowns.Tennessees Josh Dobbs and Missouris Drew Lock are tied for the most touchdown passes among SEC quarterbacks with 21 each. Dobbs, however, also has rushed for seven scores to no rushing touchdowns for Lock.Dobbs, in fact, is a major factor in Tennessees running game, especially since veteran running back Jalen Hurd left the Vols after seven games. Dobbs is the Vols leading rusher with 470 yards and is coming off a 147-yard rushing effort against Kentucky.Missouri, which snapped a five-game losing streak with its win over Vanderbilt last week, gets its ground yardage the usual way. Running backs Damarea Crockett and Ish Witter have rushed for 837 and 575 yards, respectively. 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TORONTO -- Tomas Tatar is relatively tiny, generously listed as a 5-foot-10 wing for Team Europe.His production, without a doubt, has been huge.The Slovak scored his teams only goal in a 3-1 loss to Canada in the World Cup of Hockey finals opener Tuesday night. In the semifinals against Sweden, his second goal gave his eight-nation team a 3-2 overtime victory.At 185 pounds, he is as many as 50 pounds lighter than some Canadian defenseman, but the 25-year-old Red Wings forward fearlessly uses the space in front of the net to deflect pucks past goaltenders or score off rebounds.His ability to go to the net and find spaces without being the biggest body is courageous, Europe coach Ralph Krueger said Wednesday. He was No. 1 on our roster in terms of penetrating into the areas that matter. To have three goals in two games is an amazing accomplishment in best-on-best hockey.Ive got seven highlight clips of him going to the net front, and thats where hes scoring. People might think its lucky, but its not. As a European skilled player, hes learned to mix and blend whats needed to be successful in North America by getting to the front of the net.Europe will need Tatar to keep up his pace, and for some of his teammates to contribute offensively, to likely have a chance to upset the Sidney Crosby -led Canadians in Game 2 of the best-of-three World Cup of Hockey finals .Tatar was in the right place at the right time for his latest goal, standing several feet in front of the net when a loose puck was there for him to shoot and score. The score 7 minutes into the second period of Game 1 pulled Europe within a goal of Canada.Hes going to the net, Canada coach Mike Babcock said. Tats has great skill and great determination to score.dddddddddddd Hes a good hockey player. He was real good for me when I was in Detroit. He wants to be in big situations.Europe would not have beaten Sweden, a traditional power, without Tatar.He was perched by the right side of the net, perfectly positioned to stuff the winner into the net past Henrik Lundqvist in overtime on Sunday. Tatar scored an impressive, go-ahead goal earlier in the game. He shot the puck, raced past defensemen and made the most of an opportunity when Lundqvist failed to handle it by scoring off his own rebound.Zdeno Chara, a 39-year-old fellow Slovakian, has watched Tatar develop into one of their countrys top players.Hes playing hungry, Chara said. The first goal against Sweden, he shot and then outskated the defenseman, got the rebound and put it in the net. That just shows you how dedicated and hungry he was going for that goal.When praise from his coach and Chara are relayed to Tatar, he simply shrugs his shoulder and humbly says hes just doing his job.Im playing with two great players, Marian (Hossa) and Anze (Kopitar), and Im trying to create the most space I can for them, Tatar said. Theyve been in the league forever, theyve won Stanley Cups, and I accept the role. In front of the net, around the net, thats where the puck always ends up so I guess I get to a good spot. Ive got some good bounces the last two games and I was fortunate to put the puck in the net.---Follow Larry Lage at www.twitter.com/larrylage and follow his work at www.bigstory.ap.org/content/larry-lage ' ' '